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ADVERTISING DEVICE.

No. 340,701. Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

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\VILLIAM J. CRANE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADVERTISING DEVBCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 3 10.701, dated April 27, 1886.

I Application filed June 8, 1883. Serial No. 107,929. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. CRANE, of the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement Relating to Advertising Devices, of which the following is a specification.

I make the irregular or jolting motion of railway-carriages available as a means of inducing changes in advertising devices.

The following is a description of what I consider the best means of carrying out the invention. I allow but two motions, forward and backward. The motions are smooth and pleasant. The advertisement extends along the side of the car either a considerable distance or as little as may be desired. It is mounted on cheap wheels, and runs on a simple track. In the act of starting the car from rest the inertia of the advertisement causes it to drag behind. It assumes a place at the extreme rear of the track. In the act of stopping the momentum of the advertisement and its attachments carries it forward. It moves forward on the track, and during the period while the car is at rest the advertisement is at the extremeforward end of its track. The shifting is effected at each change of motion.

In what I esteem the most complete mode of carrying out the invention a yielding pad or cushion is employed at each end to insure a gentle contact. Great changes of speed will induce the same result as a stopping and startingthat is to say, when the train slows down for any reason the advertisement moves to the front end of its track and remains there. "W hen the car increases its speed, the advertisement moves to the rear again and remains there.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure 1. is an elevation of a portion of the inside wall of a car having my invention attached. The remaining figures show the invention detached. They are on alarger scale. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line a: a: in Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where they occur.

A is the side of a railway-car.

B is a casing fronted, if preferred, with glass, and screwed or otherwise secured against the-side wall of the car.

0 is a rail of hard wood or other suitable material, extending longitudinally of the case. It is held at one end by a screw, 0, on which it may turn. It rests at the other end on a vertical screw, D, tapped through the bottom of the casing B, and on first introducing the device, or at any subsequent period, may be adjusted up and down, as required, to maintain the perfect level of the rail 0.

G G are wheels, adapted to traverse on the rail (1, and turning on pivots 71, extending through two parallel sheets of thin wood, H H, which are held a little distance apart by means of vertical strips H H. The structure H H, with its pivots 71. and wheels G, I will designate as the board. It traverses forward and backward according as it is impelled by inertia. \Vhen the car starts from a state of rest, or when it greatly increases its speed at any subsequent stage, the board 'moves backward and rests in the rear end of the casing B. hen the car stops or greatly reduces its speed, the board moves forward and rests in the front end of the casing 13.

I I are cushions of felt or other suitable material, glued or otherwise secured on the interior of the casing B, one at each end.

They receive and soften the impact of the board at each end of its motion.

The advertisement or advertisements to be exhibited are pasted or otherwise mounted on the front face of the board. The parts may be so arranged that the advertisement will be always fully in sight, whether at one end or the other of its track; or the easing H may be arranged to cover the whole or a portion in some positions. However it may be arranged in this respect, the shifting of the board forward and backward at each change of condition of the ear in which it is carried contributes greatly to attract attention.

Modifications maybe made in the forms and proportions. The material may be varied. Sheet mctalfplain or nickel-plated, may be used for certain portions. Glass may cover the face, being fixed on the board or fixed on the frame B, as convenience or fancy may dietate. The cushions I and the means D for adjusting the level of the rail 0 may be omitted and the device still be capable of operat- 5 ing with some degree of success.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with a railroad-car, A, of a board, H, adapted to exhibit advertise ments, and of means, as the wheels G and ad- IO justable rail 0, for allowing the board and its attachments to move by its inertia or momentum forward or backward with changes of motion of the car, as herein specified.

2. The casing B, rail 0, and cushions I, in

15 combination with wheels G and an attached M. J, CRANE.

\Vitnesses:

MANIERRE ELLIsoN, 1D. BROOKES. 

